Missouri Man Arrested for False Imprisonment
Officers responded to a BOLO early Monday morning for a gray Ford F150 with Missouri registration plates. The driver was wanted in connection with a kidnapping and aggravated domestic assault in Poplar Bluff Missouri.
Police located the vehicle and it’s owner, Chris Luecke, at the Fairfield Inn on Mack Smith Road. Luecke was in the company of his victim who immediately requested assistance from officers. She was transported to Parkridge East for treatment of injuries she sustained from the assault in Missouri. The victim had been assaulted and held against her will.
Lucke was taken into custody for false imprisonment by East Ridge officers while Poplar Bluff detectives sought warrants for aggravated burglary, aggravated assault and kidnapping. He was transported to Silverdale without incident. He is scheduled to appear in East Ridge Municipal Court on Tuesday, Sept. 13.
ERPD Chief Stan Allen said Friday that the victim was found in a t-shirt, shorts and no shoes. He said there was every indication that the suspect was taking the victim to his brother’s property in Blue Ridge, Georgia. Chief Allen said the woman would probably have been killed.
“There’s no doubt that our officers saved (the victim’s) life,” Chief Allen said at a ceremony at the Fire and Police Services Center honoring first responders on the occasion of the anniversary of 911.
Chief Allen commended five ERPD officers for their actions: David Myrick, Scott Darwin, Sam Roistcher, Jeff Crowe and Greg Beck.